At the end of 1966, after months of tension and failure to devise any creative or unseasoned ideas, the Beatles at last formulated a plan of action regarding their musical metamorphosis. The Beatles had already accumulated a plethora of fans, starting the British Invasion and causing the craze that came to be known as Beatlemania […]
Have you ever felt so guilty that you confessed to what you did? In the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator kills an old man he serves because of his “evil eye.” He hides the corpse under the floor in the living room. The police come shortly after the concealment […]
Dylan Wright P2 October 25, 2010 “I have a dream” “I have a dream, that one day all African Americans will be treated equal.” As you probly no, This speech was presented by the famous Martin Luther King jr. Martin changed the world with his persuasive speeches and acts. In 1954 martin joined the national […]
Medical experiments on children. Inhumane tests by a large American pharmaceutical company on a third world country. Sounds like the plot of a novel? It was. The book is called “The Constant Gardener.” and a movie of the same name followed in 2005. Nonetheless, the plots in both the novel and the movie were based […]
The Hudson River is filled with PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls). PCB’s are an environmental problem that some people feel it cannot be fixed on its own; some feel that needs to help in order to clean the water in the Hudson River. General Electric is a company that is being accused of dumping over 500,000 pounds […]
The Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of boys marooned on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results. These well -educated boys are faced with multiple human issues involving survival and power that eventually lead to savage and inhumane behavior. Would […]
What if you lived in the future in different districts in a country called Panem? Then have the Government send you to an arena and fight other children till there is one left. Well that’s what happened in the hunger games, in the games the children had to learn survival skills to stay alive for […]
Before the Handicapped Act in 1970, students with disabilities could not attend schools because the necessary means to provide special education accommodations did not exist. The development of special educational programs began in 1970 with the Handicapped Act. Before 1997, in the United States, special education programs only allowed specific students with disabilities to learn […]
Frederick the Great: “Enlightened Monarch”, Warrior Despot, Rebellious Prince, and Patron of the Arts- the Eighteenth Century might just have produced the most enigmatic leader the world has known. Simply put, Frederick the Great was a man of “opposing forces”; the living embodiment of the Hegelian philosophy. For it was his opposing personality traits that […]
Much like food and water, humans crave love as a vital nutrient to survive. When babies are born, they immediately cry out; only calming down when cradled by their mother. In order to grow up not only happy, but also healthy, children rely on their family to fuel them with love and support. Before adolescence, […]
Peer pressure is like air pressure in tires, when friends or family say good things that help you meet your goals it could be considered positive peer pressure. But when your friends tell you bad thing or things that are to make you do bad things then that can be considered negative peer pressure, this […]
The entire month of February, specifically Valentine’s Day, is essentially characterized by the shape of a heart. One sees hearts everywhere: as decorations in people’s houses, doodled on the sides of a young girl’s notebook, printed on cards, forming the shape of most boxes of chocolates, etc. In our modern culture, the idea of love […]
Shrinking the U.S. – One Body at a Time Obesity is a condition where one’s Body Mass Index(BMI)is over 30 kg/m^2. Although the United States seems to have countless health and wellness resources, but the obesity trend continues to rise. Perhaps, the government and school systems could be more involved in educating students and parents, […]
“Chee’s Daughter,” a story by Juanita Platero and Siyowin Miller, is about a young Navajo who loses his wife to sickness before finding that his daughter has been taken away by his wife’s parents because of old customs and traditions. The story mainly revolves about his love for his daughter, his brotherhood with the land […]
Did you know that one in five people in the world are illiterate? illiteracy is the inability to read or write. I never really thought about teenagers and adults being illiterate until recently. A women in our church recently told us her testimony about her life and how she found christ and she mentioned that […]
Countless Americans in the U.S. have impacted history such as Abraham Lincoln allowing slaves to be free and Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white man. In the midst of the late 1800’s to the middle 1900’s, Martin Luther King led the Civil Rights Movement for equal rights for African American […]
According to experts, human language arose about 100,000 years ago. Language started as very primitive, but over the years and into today it has evolved into a very complex way of communicating. Language doesn’t involve just speaking, it also involves writing, and with today’s technology texting also counts as a type of language. Many think […]
Known as the ‘miracle drug’ by millions, penicillin is an antibiotic that has saved many lives. It is so effective that, as Britannica and Wikipedia state, in 1999, Time Magazine named Scottish biologist and pharmacist Alexander Fleming one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century for his discovery of penicillin. It is […]
Without the help of American women during the second World War, the Allies’ win would most likely not have been possible. Women held military jobs, worked at defense factories, helped the war effort from home, and several even served bravely for our country on the front line. The sheer amount of help that was provided […]
Why is a book written? What makes Anderson’s novel so different from any other best selling book? Was the book just written for money or was there a reason? There are a lot of reasons why people write books. One reason for books to be written is money. The author feels that if they write […]
DepressionYou’re at your parent’s house hanging out with your friends and they start to talk about their family pets and what they love to do with them. All of a sudden, one of your friends walks up to you while you’re sitting on the lime sofa to asks you, “If it’s okay to talk about […]
“The thing is, it drives me crazy if somebody else gets killed—especially somebody very smart and entertaining and all—and it’s somebody else’s fault. Romeo and Juliet, at least it was their own fault” (Salinger 111). These “words of wisdom”, quoted from Holden Caulfield, demonstrate the idea that people do not like it when an influential […]
Everyone’s luck runs out, prepared or not, hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Shirley Jackson born on December 14th 1916 in San Francisco had started writing short stories and poems in the beginning of her teenage years. The Lottery, written in 1948 suggests a secret, sinister underside to small town America, Jackson […]
Picking a career is one of the most important decisions you have to make. Or at least that is my opinion. I have been considering my career choices since my earliest memories and for a very good reason. The career you choose determines what you do, where you go everyday, and the people you meet […]
From September 9, 2013 to September 13, 2013, two lanes on the George Washington Bridge were closed. This caused traffic to move slower and prevented police, emergency and school vehicles from reaching their destinations. Before January 2014, all that was known was that this was a traffic study conducted by Springfield, New Jersey, whose Democratic […]
Politics is like a cold, harsh room. It reminds me of a hospital, a place where lives are saved and lives are extinguished, all with a sleight of hand. The flowers there are plastic; prayers and sobs feature more regularly than laughter. And there’s always a metallic smell – of blood or mistakes, or perhaps […]
Forced to assume the presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson stepped into office with years of congressional experience and an agenda to put in motion his idea of a “Great Society”. Johnson’s goal with The Great Society’s programs was to achieve his dream of improving American life for […]
Every part of the world speaks in its own way. Just as each country has a primary language, Southern Appalachia has developed a way of communication all its own. This style is certainly embedded in native mountain speech, but most importantly, the meaning behind the words conveys an intense devotion to the mountains which every […]
There are times in life where you just have to suck it up and do it. It is when your body says no don’t but your heart just knows you have to. This essay you are about to read will show you that Taking risks in the only way to get ahead or succeed in […]
From a young age, who people become is affected by the people around them.The example that others set for them makes a huge impact on what they will strive to be as well as strive not to be. Also, some characteristics must be learned in order to come out in people, so if nobody in […]
